The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-10

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cav nav " said Stannard, iii crime Is COM
- ,;,bt in the neighborhood OF JACKSON
ill. .hav cannot accuse him, for he has ieA' 'ne
Shannon" .:..hov
~ don't know that said Burbank, III tney
told me he had been stealing or assassin".As :.
this very moment fifty miles IN the NOR. -
Florida. I should not be surprised Ana II NC
managed to prove that he was not the autnol '.
the crime should not be surprised aIter ""o'
has happened But it is not worth whiie "
worry ourselves about such man. You arc
going back to Jacksonville, StannardT
Tonight"
sIs your daughter expecting your
..Yes, l am going to meet her
II understand said Burbank; land when are
you coming to Candles Bays'
I'm day or So" .
aThen come as soon as you can, my dear EEL
low We are on the eve of very importans
events and matters will get worse as the leu
eral troops come nearer. And fancy your
daughter Alice and you would be IN erea1er
safety at Castle House than in town, where tne
Southerners are capable of any excess.
IAN not Southerner, Burbank
Certainly, but you think and act as II you
belonged to the North"
An hou- afterwards the Shannon, carried along
DIV the 6pD WHICH UecaLuc Stroheoi 0AN SSAONN~~
passed the little village of Mandarin, placed on
its green hill Then five or six miles further she
stopped on the right bank of the river. A quay
had been built there for ships to load and DIS
charge at A little above was elegant pier,
with light wooden bridge suspended from two
chains This was the landing-place for Candles
Bay.
At the end of the pier were two blacks with
lanterns, for the night was now very dark.
Burbank took leave of STANDARD. and followed
by Edward Carol, stepped off on to the pier.
Behind him went the half breed Zermah. who
answered from distance to a child's voice.
II am here, by! I am here!"
'tAnd father2"
Father is here, too"
The lights receded, aud the Shannon continued
her voyage, crossing obliquely to the left bank
Three miles beyond Candies Bay, on the
other side of the river, she stopped at the pier OK
Jacksonville to put ashore most of her passen-
gers.
Then Walter Stannard went off with three or
four men whom Texar had left an hour and
half before. Only half dozen passengers were
left on board. some for Pablo, little town near
the light house at the mouth of the st. Johns.
others for Talbot island, off the coast at the
opening of the channels of the same name, and
others for the port of Fernandina-
The Shannon continued to beat the waters of
the river. and cleared the bar without accident.
An hour af forwards she disappeared at the turn
of Trout creek, where the ST. Johns mingies its
already rough waters with the waves of the
ocean.
CHAPTER II.
CANDLES BAY.
Candles Bay was the name of the plantation
that belonged to James Burbank. There he
lived with his family. The name Of Candles
came from one of the creeks of the ST. Johns,
which runs in little above Jacksonville. and on
the opposite side of the river. Communication
with the city was thus easy. A good boat,
north or south wind, and the ebb for going and
the flood for returning ard in an hour the three
miles could be sailed between Candles Bay and
the chief town Of Duval county.
Burbank owned one of the finest properties in
the country. He was rich himself, and his fam
lily was rich, and, in addition to the Florida es-
tates, he held important landed property in the
State of New Jersey. which adjoins the State of
New York.
The site on the right bank of the st. Johns
had been very happily chosen for the foundation
Of wealthy establishment To its natural con-
veniences man had little to add. The land itself
adapted for all the requirements o. extern
sive works, and the plantation of Candles Bay,
managed by an intelligent man. active and in
the prime of life, well helped by his staff. and
with want of capital, was in most flourish
ing state
The plantation was twelve miles round, and
had an area of four thousand acres. There were
larger plantations in the Southern States but
there none better managed Dwelling
house. out-buildings, stables. cattle-sheds, cot
IA for ha hui1d
for the products Of the SOIL yards for handling
them, workshops and mills, railways converging
to the landing place. and carriage roads-every-
thing was marvelously arranged from a practi-
cal point of view. That it was a Northerner who
had conceived, organized and executed these
works could be seen at the first glance. It was
only plantations Of the first class in Virginia or
the Carolinas which could rival Candles Bay
Besides. the ground consisted of s'hieh hum
mocks' adapted to the culture of cereals, ''low
hummocks" specially fitted for coffee shrubs
and cocoa trees. and marshes. or salt savan-
nahs, where rice and sugar-cane fields could
flourish.
Already Burbank had done all he could to IN
prove the lot of his slaves There were abont
seven hundred blacks, of both sexes properly
lodged in the large barracoons, well looked after
and kindly treated, and worked within their
powers. The overseer had orders TO treat them
all with justice and consideration; and the duties
were done none the worse for corporal punish
ment having for some time been abandoned at
Candies Bay. This was a striking contrast
with the custom of the generality OF Floridan
plantations, and the system was not looked on
with favor by James Burbank's neighbors And.
as may be imagined. this made matters some
what embarrassing, particularly now the fort
une OF arms had come to the solution of the
slavery question.
The slaves dwelt in healthy, comfortable
huts. Grouped in ffties, those nuts formed
dozen villages, otherwise called barracoons, by
the side OF running stream. There the blacks
lived with their viva and oh